A Matter Of Light And Death
July 24, 2007 @ 08:13 AM (EST)
Source: Nbc6.net
South Florida is one of the most important places in the world for nesting sea turtles. But in the last 30 years, their numbers have plummeted. Laws intended to protect them may not be doing the job.
An NBC 6 investigation is revealing a surprising culprit in what amounts to a matter of "light and death."
For more than 70 million years, sea turtle hatchlings have been instinctively scrambling toward the safety of the surf, drawn by the evening sky that illuminates the ocean...
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